[dvko]

Easy - because it’s a luxury endeavor.

[melling]

Once again… It accomplishes next to nothing.

And we certainly don’t want people driving 1000 miles instead of flying

If the electricity comes from coal or nuclear, no one would know the difference, except for the cleaner air

[dvko]

You asked why people talk about flying. This is a problem that can’t be solved at just a single angle.

> And we certainly don’t want people driving 1000 miles instead of flying

Not necessarily true. A single person in a gasoline car, yes, flying is probably slightly less dirty. More than one person in the car? Driving wins.

[dzhiurgis]

Does driving wins because you are orders of magnitude more likely to die while driving?